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I was quite taken aback by the article of Carmen Pedrosa on March 15. I am currently in a workshop in NY — out of the loop of happenings back home. There is a need to state some things straight.
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                    [Title] => Obet: We’ll  tap volunteers, firms
                    [Summary] => Roberto Pagdanganan, chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Philsoc), said the key elements in the hosting of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games are complete private sector backing and the country’s celebrated spirit of volunteerism.


Emerging from a meeting this week with Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin, who defined government’s financial position for the SEAG hosting, Pagdanganan announced that he would lay down and inspire a policy based on resourcefulness so as not to unnecessarily burden the national coffers.


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                    [Summary] => NANANAWAGAN si ex-Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile sa taumbayan na tutulan ang  renewal ng prangkisa ng MERALCO bagamat ito’y ipinasa na ng Senado. Sa kanyang radio program, sinabi ni JPE na tiwali raw ang MERALCO. Dinadaya ang consumers at ang mga business dealings ay kuwestyonable.


Napaksa na natin ang akusasyon ni JPE na sinisingil ng MERALCO ang consumers sa mahigit P14 bilyong ibinayad nito sa independent power producer na  First Gas sa elektrisidad na hindi raw nai-deliver.


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In a press briefing yesterday, First Gas president Peter Garrucho said the bulk of the project cost would be financed through loans from various local and foreign financial institutions. First Gas is 60 percent-owned by First Generation Holdings Corp. and 40 percent by BG plc.


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The 1,000 MW-Sta. Rita power plant is one of three buyers of the natural gas from Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (Spex)’s Malampaya natural gas project in northern Palawan. With the successful ignition, Sta. Rita becomes the Philippines’ first combined cycle power plant to use indigenous natural gas.


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                    [Summary] => First Generation Holdings Corp. of the Lopezes is planning to put up two 50 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plants at a cost of $100 million once the new power bill is passed by Congress.


"We are beginning to look into it (construction of new coal-fired plants), FirstGen president Peter Garrucho said but they still have to wait for the passage of the bill since this will allow them to know what specific power plant they will need to construct.


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PETER GARRUCHO

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Emerging from a meeting this week with Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin, who defined government’s financial position for the SEAG hosting, Pagdanganan announced that he would lay down and inspire a policy based on resourcefulness so as not to unnecessarily burden the national coffers.


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Napaksa na natin ang akusasyon ni JPE na sinisingil ng MERALCO ang consumers sa mahigit P14 bilyong ibinayad nito sa independent power producer na  First Gas sa elektrisidad na hindi raw nai-deliver.


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Get the issues right

March 20, 2009 - 12:00am

I was quite taken aback by the article of Carmen Pedrosa on March 15. I am currently in a workshop in NY — out of the loop of happenings back home. There is a need to state some things straight.

Letters to the Editor

Obet: We’ll tap volunteers, firms

August 29, 2004 - 12:00am

Roberto Pagdanganan, chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Philsoc), said the key elements in the hosting of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games are complete private sector backing and...

Sports

Nauubusan ng argumento si JPE

By Al G. Pedroche | November 2, 2002 - 12:00am

NANANAWAGAN si ex-Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile sa taumbayan na tutulan ang renewal ng prangkisa ng MERALCO bagamat ito’y ipinasa na ng Senado. Sa kanyang radio program, sinabi ni JPE na tiwali raw ang MERALCO. Dinadaya...

PSN Opinyon

First Gas, BG plc to invest $1-B in natural gas

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | February 22, 2002 - 12:00am

The Lopez-controlled First Gas Holdings Corp. (FGHC) and BG plc (formerly British Gas) are joining forces to put up a total of $1 billion worth of investment in the next 10 years for the development of the downstream...

Business

First Gas reports successful firing of Sta Rita on natural gas

October 4, 2001 - 12:00am

First Gas Power Corp. (FGPC), the downstream natural gas subsidiary of the Lopez group, reported yesterday the successful ignition of natural gas of the first of four units (250 megawatts each unit) of the Sta. Rita...

Business

FirstGen mulls coal-fired power plants

April 27, 2001 - 12:00am

First Generation Holdings Corp. of the Lopezes is planning to put up two 50 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plants at a cost of $100 million once the new power bill is passed by Congress. "We are beginning to look...

Business